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last fall. The students mentioned under 

 "other courses" are registered in the train- 

 ing schools for nurses. In order to avoid 

 duplication, the students enrolled in 

 courses in art, commerce and pedagogy are 

 not indicated under these categories, but 

 included in the college of liberal arts. 

 More than one half of the students regis- 

 tered in the school of music are not regis- 

 tered in any other department of the uni- 

 versity, the remainder carrying work also 

 in the college of liberal arts, for which their 

 credentials show them to be properly pre- 

 pared. 



The university occupies for the first time this 

 fall its new hall of natural science. The building 

 has been erected at a cost of $300,000, is of Bed- 

 ford stone, four stories in height and fireproof 

 in construction. It houses the museum of natural 

 history, the department of zoology, including biol- 

 ogy and — temporarily — the university library. 

 The building also contains a large auditorium. 



During the past summer the regents organized 

 the school of education within the college of lib- 

 eral arts. Professor Bolton, of the department 

 of education, was made director of the school, the 

 work of which is to prepare teachers for the high 

 schools, principalships and superintendencies. 

 There are 240 students in the school, all of whom 

 are included in the enrollment of the college of 

 liberal arts. The college of law and the college 

 of homeopathic medicine increased their require- 

 ment for admission from three years of high-school 

 work to four years. In spite of this fact, both of 

 the colleges show an increased attendance this 

 fall. Forty-four of the 302 medical students are 

 enrolled in the college of homeopathic medicine. 

 There has been no change in tuition fees, and no 

 special reason is apparent for the increase in 

 attendance this fall. The attendance at this time 

 is 220 ahead of the enrollment at the correspond- 

 ing time last year, this being regarded as a normal 

 increase. 



The medical school of the Johns Hop- 

 kins University shows a gain of 29 stu- 

 dents, while the graduate schools have 

 gained 4. The enrollment in the college is 

 exactly the same as last year, the total gain, 

 therefore, amounting to 33 students. The 

 undergraduate course has been increased to 



four years (instead of three), and the re- 

 strictions against the admission of women 

 to the graduate courses have been removed. 

 There are this fall 23 women in the school 

 of medicine and 5 in the graduate school. 



The University of Kansas submits the 

 following report : 



The total number of undergraduates in the col- 

 lege of liberal arts and school of engineering is 

 1,279, a gain of 194 as compared with November 

 1, 1906. This is the largest number of under- 

 graduate students ever enrolled at this period of 

 the academic year. The gain in attendance in all 

 the schools of the university is 243, or 13.6 per 

 cent. Tliis increase in attendance is largely due 

 to the closer relationship of the preparatory high 

 schools. Under the direction of a high-school 

 inspector, the number of accredited preparatory 

 schools whose graduates are admitted to the fresh- 

 man class without examination has been brought 

 up to 190, and by the operation of the Barnes law, 

 recently enacted, the number will be increased to 

 nearly 250 by another year. Slight losses have 

 been suffered by the schools of law, medicine and 

 music, and by the graduate schools. 



The principal additions to the equipment of 

 Kansas University during 1906-07 were as fol- 

 lows: Robinson gymnasium was completed and is 

 now occupied. The cost of the building, including 

 equipment, was $100,000. Its facilities are such 

 that a very large number of students may receive 

 physical instruction at one time. The Eleanor 

 Taylor Bell memorial hospital and clinical labo- 

 ratory were completed and occupied by the school 

 of medicine at Rosedale. These buildings cost 

 $90,000. 



During the current biennium, by the generosity 

 of the state legislature, the equipment of the engi- 

 neering school will be materially increased. Work 

 is now in progress on a general engineering build- 

 ing to cost, with equipment, $150,000. A mining 

 engineering building will be erected at a cost of 

 $50,000, and $50,000 will be put into additional 

 shops. General repair shops, to cost $7,000, and 

 additions to the heating system, to cost $7,752, 

 will be erected. The law library will be increased 

 by the addition of $6,000 worth of books. 



The moral tone of the institution has made 

 decided advances. A distinctive feature of uni- 

 versity life is the large attendance of students 

 and faculty at the daily chapel services. Chapel 

 attendance is not compulsory, yet within six years 

 the attendance has increased from a mere handful 



